Slacks Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,435 people in Slacks Creek of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Slacks Creek was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Slacks Creek aged 15 years and over, 38.3% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Slacks Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Slacks Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Slacks Creek was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Slacks Creek 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Slacks Creek were English 24.2%, Australian 24.2%, Irish 5.6%, Scottish 5.2% and German 3.5%.

In Slacks Creek, 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.9%, England 3.3%, Samoa 1.5%, Philippines 0.9% and Fiji 0.8%.

In Slacks Creek, 47.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Slacks Creek were No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 15.3%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Slacks Creek 75.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 3.0%, Hindi 1.0%, Khmer 0.6%, Arabic 0.6% and Romanian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 4,719 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Slacks Creek. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Slacks Creek, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Slacks Creek was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Slacks Creek included Labourers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Professionals 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Slacks Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 3.7%, School Education 3.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Slacks Creek was $513.

In Slacks Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Bus 4.4%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Slacks Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Slacks Creek, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Slacks Creek, 39.2% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 27.1% were one parent families.

In Slacks Creek 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Slacks Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,837 and those without children was $1,758.

Employment status of couple families

In Slacks Creek, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Slacks Creek, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Slacks Creek, 76.9% were separate houses, 21.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Slacks Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 63.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Slacks Creek, 21.5% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Slacks Creek, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Slacks Creek, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Slacks Creek, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Slacks Creek, there were 440 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 226 (or 51.4%) were male and 214 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Slacks Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Slacks Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.